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Originally posted by BennyNace
Im not trying to sound like a jerk, so please don't take it that way. I would just like to suggest waiting for a while before attempting to breed them. You definitely want to have a good deal of experience before bringing more suggies into the world. Also, I just want to add, from my own personal experience, if you do take the other 3 gliders, be prepared just in case they don't get along. This may mean separate cages (which means more room) and separate bonding times for you and them. Sometimes it can take them a while to like each other. Also, the bigger the cage the better. I have a critter nation cage, and I really love it.
Thanks for the response. I didn't end up taking them on, your points were incredibly valid.
I probably should have elaborated on my original comment. I had a pair of standard male gliders as a kid. When I was ten, I asked for a dog, and ended up with sugar gliders and a ferret cage. They passed away after about ten years. I bonded with them, cleaned their cage, fed them, made sure they had fresh water, and when I was old enough I had to pay for their welfare. During that time, however, I never introduced a third glider, and never introduced a female. Currently I have about a dozen pouches, and my cage from when I was younger (which, looking at it now, is nice, but doesn't provide the space I would prefer for a colony), I bring that up because I just ordered a five level cage. So separating the gliders if they do not get along would be easy.
BYK: What sorts of problems can be caused by multiple unneutered males? I had two and they lived fine their entire lives. I understand that they were brothers, and know that there is always the risk of problems, but what should I look out for? and are they common?
My new plan is to re-visit this breeding thing next year.